I am excited to have started as an Assistant Professor at  the University of Maine (UMaine), Orono in Fall 2021. Previously, I was an adjunct teaching instructor at Colorado State University (CSU) during  Fall 2020 and  Spring 2021. My research interests include algebraic and topological combinatorics. My dissertation research involved visualizing minimal generating sets of finite groups and their subgroups via the language of simplicial complexes. I completed my PhD at CSU in Summer 2021. My advisors are Alexander Hulpke and Chris Peterson.

I completed my Master's degree in math at CSU in 2016, studying invariant theory of groups acting on polynomial rings. My Bachelor's of Science degree in math is from Seattle University in 2014, during which I solved a variant of a conjecture of Stanley's about matroid complexes.

I have taught a variety of face-to-face and online courses for undergraduates, postbaccalaureates, and masters students.  At UMaine, I recently taught MAT 481, a discrete mathematics course which focuses on graph theory and combinatorics; Real Analysis (MAT 425), Linear Algebra (MAT 262), and Calculus I for Engineers (MAT 126) which I will teach again in Fall 2023.  As an instructor at  CSU, I served as course coordinator and primary instructor for Math for Social Sciences, a general education course designed to fulfill university mathematics requirements. This course is a large-enrollment course consisting of synchronous online, asynchronous online and face-to-face sections. I also taught Calculus I for Biological Sciences synchronously online, in which we piloted a new active-learning online model with oral assessments.

One of my favorite courses to teach as a graduate student was Patterns of Phenomena, a course which I developed from scratch and is designed to fulfill mathematics requirements for non-STEM majors. As a graduate student, I was also primary instructor for face-to-face Differential Equations, Calculus II for Engineering, and Calculus I for Biological Sciences. 

I am involved in several outreach programs in Fort Collins, CO and Seattle, WA.

I enjoy playing harp and piano, photography, hiking, and reading. In Fort Collins, I played harp in a jazz duo named String Theory, piano in a jazz quartet named Intrepid Soul, and harp in a traditional Latin American music group as part of the Latin American Students and Scholars Organization at CSU. I am enjoying exploring the music scene on the UMaine campus, and recently joined the UMaine jazz combo group. I am always on  the lookout for  new musical opportunities.

A current version of my CV is easily available upon request.

Contact:  casey.pinckney@maine.edu